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Notre Dame High School, also known as Notre Dame Green Pond, is a private, Catholic high school in Easton, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown.
| Notre Dame High School | |
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 Notre Dame High School in Easton, Pennsylvania in November 2009 | |
| Address | |
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3417 Church Road , , 18045 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°40′8″N 75°18′11″W / 40.66889°N 75.30306°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, coeducational |
| Motto | Ipsam sequens non devias. (If you follow Her, you will never go astray.) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1957 |
| School district | Allentown Diocese Schools |
| Oversight | Notre Dame High School, Inc. Board of Directors |
| Superintendent | Phil Fromuth |
| CEEB code | 391133 |
| Dean | Philip Stambaugh |
| Administrator | Dena Farrell |
| Principal | Jaclyn Friel |
| Chaplain | Rev. Dan Kravatz |
| Faculty | 38.9 (on an FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9th–12th |
| Enrollment | 498 (2021-22) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.8 |
| Campus type | Suburb: Large |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Slogan | It's A Great Day To Be A Crusader! |
| Athletics | PIAA |
| Athletics conference | Colonial League |
| Sports | Baseball, Basketball (Boys and Girls), Football, Soccer (Girls), Softball, Tennis (Boys and Girls), Track and field, and Wrestling |
| Nickname | Notre Dame Green Pond |
| Team name | Crusaders |
| Rival | Wilson Area High School |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
| Newspaper | The Crusader |
| Yearbook | MEMORARE |
| Tuition | $10,000 |
| Admissions Director | Mandy Kopp |
| Athletic Director | Amy Rogers |
| Website | ndcrusaders |
As of the 2021-22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 494 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data.[2]
Background
editThe school serves students from four surrounding Pennsylvania counties, two counties in New Jersey, and several foreign countries. The school's students have a broad socioeconomic background, varying from urban to suburban. The community is mostly residential with several commercial and light industrial areas. Notre Dame offers an education education program to children with learning disabilities, known as the Aquinas Program.
Activities and athletics
editNotre Dame competes within the Colonial League and District XI. They are noted for their strong athletics programs. They are rivals with neighboring Wilson Area High School. They field the following varsity sports in the boys' category: football, soccer, cross country, volleyball, golf, basketball, wrestling, tennis, track, baseball, and have an agreement with Moravian Academy that permits Notre Dame students play lacrosse and field hockey for them. They also have an agreement with Bethlehem Catholic High School which allows them to play ice hockey with them in the LVSHL.[3] Notre Dame also fields girls' volleyball, cross country, tennis basketball, soccer, track, and softball teams.
Notable staff
edit- Father Bernard T. Pagano, American Roman Catholic priest and school teacher who became nationally known in 1979 when he was falsely accused in a string of armed robberies in Delaware and Pennsylvania, known as the "Gentleman Bandit" case, in which an otherwise polite man held store clerks at gunpoint, demanding money. He was cleared of the charges when the real culprit Ronald W. Clouser turned himself in. Pagano's story was dramatized in the 1981 film The Gentleman Bandit, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, in which Pagano served as technical advisor. Pagano taught theology at Notre Dame in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He also served as an airman in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
Notable alumni
edit- Marco Andretti, professional race car driver
- Michael Flynn, science fiction author
- Kristen McMenamy, supermodel
- Niki and Gabi, singers and actresses[4]
- Alfred A. Schlert, Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown bishop
Notes and references
edit- ^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
- ^ "Saints". Lehigh Valley Scholastic Hockey League. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ "Bethlehem teens hit it big on YouTube with fashion channel". Lehigh Valley Live. June 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2020.